cuscuta

See also: Cuscuta

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cuscūte, cuscūthe, cuscūta, cuscūtha, from Arabic كُشُوث (kušūṯ), from Aramaic כְּשׁוּתָא / ܟܫܽܘܬܳܐ (kəšūṯā), probably from כַּשָׁא / ܟܰܫܳܐ (kašā, to pile up) because of the jumbled fashion in which this parasitic plant climbs trees, else from Akkadian 𒃢 (SILA₄, kasû), a plant with many small seeds used for spice, fumigation and medicine, just like Cuscuta species.

Noun

cuscuta f (plural cuscute)

  1. dodder (plant of genus Cuscuta)
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